Invincible through Touching Corpses

Chapter 427: Chapter 425: Outbreak

Lin Xinghai frowned in thought, but Little Fatty jumped in fright after hearing what he said.

He knew Lin Xinghai had a special sensory ability that helped them successfully avoid Zombies.

Therefore, he took Lin Xinghai’s feeling of threat very seriously. He hurried to the window and squinted, carefully scanning the outside, but he couldn’t spot anything unusual.

Just then, Liu Miaomiao and Jin Tong, who had sensed the commotion, also woke up.

After finding out what was going on, Liu Miaomiao suggested, "Why don’t we leave? It won’t take much effort. If Ah Xing’s senses weren’t mistaken, we might just be able to avoid a crisis."

Hearing this, Little Fatty and Jin Tong both nodded repeatedly in agreement.

The end of the assessment was near; they couldn’t be too careful.

Lin Xinghai nodded as well. Soon, the group began to pack their things, preparing to relocate.

...

It was now approaching 2:00 AM, but the command center was still brightly lit.

None of the examiners or military officers there had gone to sleep.

For one, they all wanted to get news about the Abyssal Passage as soon as it came in. For another, it was almost the top of the hour, when the locations of the Energy Balls would be updated.

At this time, there were always a few persistent teams that would make a move. While there weren’t many, they still had to be monitored.

It was at this moment that a member of the monitoring team noticed an anomaly in the sector he was responsible for.

On one of the monitoring screens, a flash of red light appeared and vanished. It was so fast that he almost thought he was hallucinating.

However, when he replayed the footage, he was horrified to discover that the red light was, in fact, the partially exposed body of a Blood Demon.

He immediately reported the discovery, and the news quickly reached Zuo Wenya.

"I really didn’t expect to find one of these things. We should have done a complete sweep of the underground areas during our initial search," Zuo Wenya said, shaking his head.

Lü Wei, who was standing to the side, also had a grim expression, as the military had been responsible for clearing out the Mutated Zombies in Dong’an City.

With a Blood Night Demon now suddenly appearing from underground, they would have to bear the primary responsibility.

"I’ll go find a way to flush it out," Lü Wei said grimly.

"Yes. Request more underground detectors to be dispatched. And if you can’t kill it, do your best to drive it away. In any case, there isn’t much time left until the assessment ends. As long as it doesn’t affect the other candidates, there’s no problem," Zuo Wenya said after a moment of deliberation.

Blood Demons were extremely difficult to kill. Because they could burrow, and possessed the ability to reform their bodies, they could recover quickly even after being blown to pieces by a Drilling Bomb.

However, its combat power was only considered average, so it was unlikely to cause much damage.

Therefore, while everyone in the room treated the situation with importance, they weren’t overly nervous. They began mobilizing personnel, hurrying to install underground detectors while also increasing surveillance, ordering everyone to keep a close watch on every location and report immediately if anything seemed off.

However, less than a minute after the order had been given, another surveillance officer discovered traces of a Blood Demon.

However, when the officer reported the Blood Demon’s location, Zuo Wenya and the others were a little stunned.

Because this time, the location was at the very edge of the city.

"This Blood Demon can tunnel underground that fast?" an examiner couldn’t help but mutter, staring at the screen.

"Theoretically, that’s impossible. Either its Power has reached Tier Two, or there’s more than one Blood Demon underground," a military officer who was more familiar with Mutated Zombies immediately said.

"How much more time is needed to install the underground detectors?" Zuo Wenya asked in a grave tone.

"About three more minutes, but we didn’t bring many underground detectors this time, so we can only survey the downtown area for now," the soldier in charge of the engineering department hastily reported.

Zuo Wenya nodded and said no more, but he had a faint, uneasy premonition.

The others, too, were waiting anxiously for the results.

However, what they got wasn’t the feedback from the underground detectors, but the shocked cry of a member of the monitoring team.

"Oh my god! There are Mutated Zombies underground! Death Claws, Giant Arms, Blood Worms, Spitters—so many!"

"There are Mutated Zombies in the sector I’m monitoring, too! There are five of them—no, seven now!"

Almost in an instant, all the monitoring team members were shouting out their discoveries.

What each of them had discovered was already shocking enough, but their horror only grew as they heard the reports from their colleagues.

At this, Zuo Wenya and the others could no longer remain calm. In a flash, nearly all of them shot to their feet.

As the personnel below continued to relay their intel, red dots began appearing one by one on the large screen in front of them.

Each red dot represented a single Mutated Zombie.

The number of red dots was now climbing sharply. In the span of a few breaths, it surpassed 100, and there was no sign of it stopping.

This scene left everyone stunned, and Zuo Wenya was no exception.

"What in the world is going on?"

"How can there be so many Mutated Zombies underground?"

"Even if they were really hiding underground, how could we possibly have found no trace of them during our sweep when there are this many?!"

In an instant, the command center erupted into chaos.

As Zuo Wenya’s mind raced, he instantly pieced all the information together, and a horrifying thought emerged.

"It’s a conspiracy. It’s impossible for so many Mutated Zombies to gather under normal circumstances. These Mutated Zombies can only have come from one place... the Abyssal Passage."

"And the reason they came here... there’s only one. The candidates," Zuo Wenya said, gritting his teeth.

The others reacted instantly, and looks of terror appeared on their faces in unison.

Although the Abyssal Plane was powerful and kept them constantly on high alert, they had never truly feared it, believing there was always a way to counter it.

But for this powerful enemy to resort to conspiracy... that raised the danger level by more than just a little.

"Don’t just stand there stunned! Get moving! Report what’s happening here to East Sea Base Headquarters."

"All rescue teams, kill those Mutated Zombies! If you can’t kill them, then tie them up!"

"In addition, quickly establish safe zones and issue a notice. Tell all the candidates that the entrance assessment is over and that they are to head to the nearest safe zone for shelter."

At this, Zuo Wenya paused and looked at Lü Wei. "How long will it take for the Mecha Brigade to get here?"

The Military Department had never imagined something like this would happen, so they hadn’t brought any heavy weapons for dealing with Mutated Zombies.

Without Mechas, the only ones capable of killing these Mutated Zombies with their bare hands were powerhouses at the Body Shaping Realm or above.

Such high-level power might be enough to deal with a few isolated emergencies, but with the number of Mutated Zombies now skyrocketing, they were clearly undermanned.

"Even by air, it will take at least 15 minutes," Lü Wei replied instantly.

"Good! Tell them to speed it up. Launch the rescue operation immediately."

Here, Zuo Wenya paused before adding, "Prioritize rescuing the candidates at the top of the Points rankings."